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No One Says You Lose But You

June 4, 2012

Each rejection reminds me of my mom saying to me, "I wish you wouldn't try. You'll be upset when you fail."

Each query is me ignoring her.

In confidence, doubts, fear, journaling, querying, rejection, writethink, wrongthink

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What I'm Reading

A cover of the novel Hild, with a young woman dressed all in teal, wearing a gold cross.

HILD

by Nicola Griffith

In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. Hild is the king's youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. She will become a fascinating woman and one of the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby.

But now she has only the powerful curiosity of a bright child, a will of adamant, and a way of seeing the world―of studying nature, of matching cause with effect, of observing her surroundings closely and predicting what will happen next―that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her.

Her uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild establishes a place for herself at his side as the king's seer. And she is indispensable―unless she should ever lead the king astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, for her family, for her loved ones, and for the increasing numbers who seek the protection of the strange girl who can read the world and see the future.